Decoding Herbalism Volume One

What you'll learn
Students will learn the different parts of the plant and how to harvest.
Students will learn 36 different ways to process a plant for medicinal benefits.
Students will learn 14 different professionals who use herbs.
Students will have an understanding of the history of biodynamic practices.
Students will learn the difference in how different herbal practices view the elements, and they will learn how the elements work in herbalism.
Students will learn the esoteric beginnings of herbalism.
Students will be able to distinguish between oral traditions, anthropology and the historical record of herbalism.
Students will learn how plants shaped human culture.
Students will learn when the written history of herbalism starts around the globe.
Students will learn about Peru, Mexico, ancient Sumer, Egypt, India and China's historic relationship to plant medicine.
Students will discover how plant medicine was exchanged on the trade routes.
Requirements
This is an introductory course in the history and theory of herbalism.
All beginners in herbalism are welcome.
If you are interested in learning about herbal professions, here is where you start.
This class is for beginners who want to learn the differences in herbal products.
Description
Decoding Herbalism Volume One: Theory and History of Herbal MedicineThis class is for anyone interested in how plant medicine helped shape humans and human culture.Learn 36 different ways plants can be processed into herbal medicine.Discover 14 different professions that use herbal medicine in their practice.Uncover the past history from paleolithic to the neolithic to modern day herbalism. This class is for anyone who needs a roadmap to the herb department at the health food store.Learn the difference between flower essences and essential oils.Find out the difference between a tea and an herbal infusion.Discover the difference between an extract and a tincture.This class is for people who are interested in learning the different herbal traditions.Discuss the opposing views on the elements in herbal medicine.Learn which traditions came first and lasted the longest.Find out the difference between Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda.This class is for people interested in uncovering our past.Discover how herbal diets shaped hominid jawlines.Read about the traditions of Atlantis and Lemuria.Learn how the Silk Road influenced the spread of herbal medicine.
Overview
Section 1: Decoding Herbalism, Volume One: Theory and History of Practice
Lecture 1 Introduction to Decoding Herbalism Volume One, Theory and History of Herbalism
Lecture 2 Instructor Bio
Lecture 3 Table of Contents
Section 2: Theory of Herbal Practice
Lecture 4 Introduction to Herbal Medicine
Lecture 5 Parts of the Plant
Lecture 6 Harvesting Plants
Lecture 7 How the Plants are Processed Determines Medicinal Use
Lecture 8 Teas, Cold & Hot Infusions, Decoctions, Powders and Capsules
Lecture 9 Extracts, Tinctures, Herbal Paste, Macerated Oil, Medicated Ghee
Lecture 10 Plasters, Compresses, Poultices, Enemas, Baths, Scrubs
Lecture 11 Masks, Essential Oils, Hydrosols, Juiced, Culinary, Homeopathic Remedies
Lecture 12 Baked, Wine, Vinegar, Ointment, Salves, Lotions
Lecture 13 Liniment, Flower Essences, Anointing Oils, Smoking Mixtures, Smudging, Steam
Lecture 14 Wrap Up of Processing Plants
Lecture 15 What is an Herbalist?
Lecture 16 What is an Herbalist?
Lecture 17 Women's Health
Lecture 18 Rudolf Steiner
Lecture 19 The Elements
Lecture 20 Wrap Up of Herbal Professions
Section 3: Impact of Plants on Human Development
Lecture 21 Introduction to the section: Plants Impact on Human Development
Lecture 22 Sustaining Herbal Knowledge
Lecture 23 Esoteric Beginnings
Lecture 24 Early Hominids and Hunter Gathering Society
Lecture 25 Gobekli Tepe
Lecture 26 Harappan Early Traditions
Lecture 27 Sumer and Egypt
Lecture 28 Peru
Lecture 29 China and India
Lecture 30 Mexico and Central America
Lecture 31 Greece and Rome
Lecture 32 The Bible
Lecture 33 The Silk Road
Lecture 34 Europe
Lecture 35 North America
Lecture 36 Summary
Lecture 37 End of History Section
Lecture 38 Bibliography
Lecture 39 Finale Decoding Herbalism Volume One
Lecture 40 Bonus Section: Shamanic Conversations with the Elements
People who are interested in learning about the different medicinal parts to the plants should take this course.,People who are interested in learning about the different ways herbal medicine is processed should take this class.,If you are interested in learning about the different professionals who handle herbal medicine, this is the course for you.,You should take this course if you are interested in learning how herbalism shaped human development throughout history.


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